Monday 18 June 2012

GULLS TO START AGAINST COD ARMY

Torquay United's opening fixture of the 2012-13 season will see the Gulls make the long trip north to face Football League new boys Fleetwood Town.

The Cod Army, managed by former Bristol City, Blackpool and Tranmere midfielder, Mickey Mellon, are the third football league newcomers to have played their opening fixture against Torquay, following in the footsteps of Macclesfield Town, in the 1997-98 campaign, and Kidderminster Harriers in the 2000-01 season.

Meanwhile Plymouth Argyle and Exeter City will both be starting their 2012-13 campaigns at home as the Pilgrims host Aldershot Town and the Grecians face Morecambe, in what will be a repeat of the 2007 Conference Play-Off final.

In League One, Yeovil Town begin their campaign against one of the division's fallen giants in the form of recently relegated Coventry City.